Engineering Physics
Leanring Objectives
- B.1 – Rigid bodies and rotational dynamics
- Torque
- Moment of inertia
- Rotational and translational equilibrium
- Angular acceleration
- Equations of rotational motion for uniform angular acceleration
- Newton’s second law applied to angular motion
- Conservation of angular momentum
- B2 - Thermodynamics
- The first law of thermodynamics
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The second law of thermodynamics
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Entropy
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Cyclic processes and pV diagrams
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Isovolumetric, isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic processes
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Carnot cycle
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Thermal efficiency
- B3 -Fluids (HL Only)
- Density and pressure
- Buoyancy and Archimedes’ principle
- Pascal’s principle
- Hydrostatic equilibrium
- The ideal fluid
- Streamlines
- The continuity equation
- The Bernoulli equation and the Bernoulli effect
- Stokes’ law and viscosity
- Laminar and turbulent flow and the Reynolds number
- Resonance B.4 – Forced vibrations and resonance (HL only)
- Natural frequency of vibration
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Q factor and damping
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Periodic stimulus and the driving frequency